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This is a comprehensive listing of official releases and material performed by Devin Townsend, including guest appearances and involvement he's had with associated bands and projects. As of May 2007, Townsend has released nine full-length studio albums, one EP, a live bootleg and two demo compilations. Performing with Strapping Young Lad, he's produced five studio albums and two live releases.
Townsend has stated in multiple interviews that Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band are on indefinite hiatus from touring and recording, but he will continue to record and release material from his home studio, as well as produce albums for other bands.[1][2] Most recently, he's worked with GWAR, Darkest Hour, Soilwork and Himsa on their latest records.
[edit] Solo material
[edit] Studio albums
| Year |
Title and information |
Supporting musicians |
| 1997 |
Ocean Machine: Biomech
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- Marty Chapman
- JR Harder
- John Morgan
- Chris Valagao
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| Originally released as Biomech under the Ocean Machine moniker |
| 1998 |
Infinity
- Second studio album
- Released: June 17, 1998
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Released as: Devin Townsend
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| 2000 |
Physicist
- Third studio album
- Released: June 26, 2000
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Released as: Devin Townsend
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| 2001 |
Terria
- Fourth studio album
- Released: November 6, 2001
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Released as: Devin Townsend
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- Gene Hoglan
- Craig McFarland
- Jamie Meyer
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| Limited edition release includes a second disc featuring "Universal" b-side and extra video content |
| 2003 |
Accelerated Evolution
- Fifth studio album
- Released: March 31, 2003
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Released as: The Devin Townsend Band
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- Ryan van Poederooyen
- Brian Waddell
- Dave Young
- Mike Young
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| Special edition release includes the Project EKO bonus disc |
| 2004 |
Devlab
- Sixth studio album
- Released: December 4, 2004
- Label: Hevydevy
- Released as: Devin Townsend
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| Ambient soundscape produced entirely by Townsend |
| 2006 |
Synchestra
- Seventh studio album
- Released: January 30, 2006
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Released as: The Devin Townsend Band
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- Ryan van Poederooyen
- Brian Waddell
- Dave Young
- Mike Young
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| Special edition release includes the Safe Zone bonus DVD |
Hummer
- Eighth studio album
- Released: November 15, 2006
- Label: Hevydevy
- Released as: Devin Townsend
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| Ambient soundscape produced entirely by Townsend |
| 2007 |
Ziltoid the Omniscient
- Ninth studio album
- Released: May 27, 2007
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Released as: Devin Townsend
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| Special edition release includes a second disc featuring three bonus tracks and extra video content |
[edit] EPs, live releases and compilations
| Year |
Title |
Additional notes |
| 1998 |
Christeen + 4 Demos
- Label: Hevydevy
- Format: CD
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Includes the "Christeen" single and four b-sides from the Infinity sessions |
| 1999 |
Official Bootleg
- Label: Hevydevy
- Format: CD
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Live album recorded in Tokyo and Vancouver |
| 2000 |
Ass-Sordid Demos: 1990-1996
- Label: Hevydevy
- Format: CD
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Compilation of demos from 1990–1996 |
| 2004 |
Ass-Sordid Demos II
- Label: Hevydevy
- Format: CD
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Compilation of Noisescapes, Grey Skies and Devin Townsend demos from 1991–1993 |
| 2006 |
Safe Zone
- Label: Hevydevy, InsideOut
- Format: DVD
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In-studio performance DVD released exclusively with the special edition of Synchestra |
[edit] Singles and music videos
| Year |
Title |
Album |
| 1997 |
"Life" |
Ocean Machine: Biomech |
| 1998 |
"Christeen" |
Infinity |
| 2006 |
"Vampira" |
Synchestra |
[edit] Strapping Young Lad
[edit] Studio albums
[edit] EPs, live releases and compilations
[edit] Singles and music videos
| Year |
Title |
Album |
| 1995 |
"S.Y.L." |
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing |
| 1997 |
"Detox" |
City |
| 2003 |
"Relentless" |
Strapping Young Lad |
| 2005 |
"Love?" |
Alien |
| 2005 |
"Zen" |
Alien |
| 2006 |
"Wrong Side" |
The New Black |
[edit] Other releases
[edit] Production credits and involvement on other albums
Devin Townsend has appeared on numerous albums outside of his solo material and Strapping Young Lad, often filling the role as the producer.[4]
| Year |
Album |
Artist |
Credit |
| 1993 |
Sex and Religion |
Steve Vai |
vocals |
| 1994 |
Millennium |
Front Line Assembly |
guitar on "Division of Mind, "Vigilante" and "Sex Offender" |
| 1995 |
Hard Wired |
Front Line Assembly |
guitar on "Circuitry", "Modus Operandi", "Transparent Species", "Barcode" and "Condemned" |
| 1996 |
Working Man |
Various Artists |
vocals on "Natural Science" |
| Convergence |
James Murphy |
vocals |
| Fire Garden |
Steve Vai |
vocals on "Whookam" |
| Pig Walk |
Stuck Mojo |
producer, vocals on "Inside My Head" |
| 1997 |
Urge |
The Wildhearts |
vocals on "Kill Me to Death" |
| Stillborn |
Unit:187 |
guitar, vocals |
| Loaded |
Unit:187 |
producer |
| GRRRR!! |
Various Artists |
producer |
| Bound by Fire |
Zimmer's Hole |
producer |
| 1998 |
Anarchic Airwaves |
The Wildhearts |
guitar |
| Remix Dystemper |
Skinny Puppy |
guitar on "Worlock (Rhys Fulber- Eye of the Beholder mix) |
| 2001 |
Music for Them Asses |
The Almighty Punchdrunk |
producer, guitar, synthesizer |
| Legion of Flames |
Zimmer's Hole |
producer |
| Someone Please Kill Me |
Frygirl |
producer |
| Violate This |
Stuck Mojo |
producer, vocals on "Wrathchild" and "Shout at the Devil" |
| Finger It Out |
Just Cause |
producer |
| 2002 |
Evenlight |
Evenlight |
producer, vocals on "Los Bad Guy 'Os" and "Pay", guitar on "Rat in a Maze" and "Tapper" |
| The Lament Configuration |
December |
producer |
| Symbol of Life |
Paradise Lost |
vocals on "Two Worlds" and "Small Town Boy" |
| The De-Evolution of Yasmine Bleeth |
Sir Millard Mulch |
spoken word on "The Great Strength of Our Order" |
| Natural Born Chaos |
Soilwork |
producer, vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned" |
| 2003 |
As the Palaces Burn |
Lamb of God |
producer, guitar on "A Devil in God's Country" |
| 2004 |
The Human Equation |
Ayreon |
lyrics and vocals on "Day Three: Pain", "Day Eight: School" and "Day Sixteen: Loser" |
| Heavilution |
The Heavils |
producer |
| Ten Ways from Sunday |
Ten Ways from Sunday |
producer |
| Of Malice and the Magnum Heart |
Misery Signals |
producer, vocals on "A Victim, a Target" |
| 2005 |
How to Sell the Whole F#@!ing Universe to Everybody... Once and for All! |
Sir Millard Mulch |
spoken word on "The Great Strength of Our Professional Affiliations/How to Spend Music Industry Currency" |
| Undoing Ruin |
Darkest Hour |
producer |
| 2006 |
Beyond Hell |
GWAR |
producer, vocals on "Tormentor" |
| 2007 |
Deliver Us |
Darkest Hour |
producer, guitar on "Full Imperial Collapse" |
| If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say, Start a Band |
Removal |
vocals on "Layers of the Union" |
| Iron Gag |
A Life Once Lost |
guitar solo on "Detest" |
| Sworn to a Great Divide |
Soilwork |
vocal production |
| Summon in Thunder |
Himsa |
vocal production |
| 2008 |
When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan |
Zimmer's Hole |
producer |
| 2008 |
Controller |
Misery Signals |
producer |
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